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The final countdown to a decision on law for cleaner cars

Posted by Elena Polisano - 24 June 2013 at 11:01am - Comments
Norman Baker Lewes
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Another day another attempt to kill a clean car law in its tracks.

Or so it seems. Because only the other week I wrote about the German government’s last ditch attempt to sabotage a law that will cut CO2 emissions from cars and provide 400,000 new jobs by 2030 across Europe. Now they're back with round two. No prizes for guessing that they’ve gone for stamina over originality.

Article tagged as: cars, europe, oil

Standing up to bullying tactics over cleaner cars

Posted by Elena Polisano - 18 June 2013 at 4:22pm - Comments
Banner outside meeting of European environment ministers in Luxembourg
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German environment minister Peter Altmaier is keen to keep gas guzzlers on the road
It was 6.30am in Luxembourg and we were all keen to start. We got into our vans ready to launch our final action for cleaner cars in Europe. But this morning it was different. Instead of a handful of national activists calling on a car company to clean up its act, we went big.

There were thirty of us from across Europe who came together for the whole day to unveil a banner, placards and hand out flyers telling European governments to stand up to the bullying of Germany and its environment minister Peter Altmaier.

Article tagged as: cars, co2 emissions, EU, oil, peter altmaier, transport

Last-ditch attempt to sabotage law for cleaner cars

Posted by Elena Polisano - 14 June 2013 at 4:08pm - Comments
Angela Merkel
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Angela has that petrol emotion

Politicians would make terrible magicians. That’s my conclusion after reading a new proposal that sets out how Europe should meet its fuel economy targets for all new cars.

The German government’s proposal is an attempt to con the rest of Europe into playing into the hands of car companies like BMW and Daimler.

Article tagged as: cars, co2 emissions, EU, germany, oil, transport

VIDEO: There’s a badass in Brussels

Posted by Elena Polisano - 4 April 2013 at 10:35pm - Comments

There's something big happening in Europe right now. Politicians are debating laws that could drastically cut CO2 from cars. And less CO2 means less need for oil and a safer Arctic.

Let's smash CO2 emissions! Check out our latest video and tell our politicians that we want cleaner cars now.

Article tagged as: #savethearctic, brussels, carbon, cars, climate, co2, europe, video

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